R1F FIRST REVIEW and US pricing!!!

First post, so hello - I've been reading this particular forum as a source of info for my very probable imminent purchase of the ASUS R1F in Germany - which also gets the T7200/120GB model.

Obviously, prices will vary somewhat according to a number of variable, of which ASUS' hedging and marketing policy will be not the least important. But, overall, I'd say that, while model configurations may reflect marketing policy in specific markets, the price seems to reflect the configurations, and not the customer target groups.

The streeet price for a Tecra M7 in Germany, for example, is about 2,800 , the RRC over 3000, as they're targeting only businesses with tablets in Europe. Sales from other markets, where pricing apparently reflects a different target group, say the educational market in the US, are effectively restricted by binding at least big retailers like amazon.com, and, as usual, localisation issues of keyboard and OS.

And there's also a tendency to forget that most US displayed US prices do not contain any sales taxes or vat, regardless of whether these will be applied or not. That, on the other hand, is the case pretty much everywhere else, including Britain.

The recommended retail price for the computer in Germany is currently, referring to an ASUS brochure,  2199 which would (*1.25 for USD conversion and /1.16 for VAT deduction) lead to US equivalent of 2382 Dollars RRC. The best street price as of tonight is 1884 plus shipping which would be about 2030 USD (plus shipping and additional localisation issues that will certainly not be taken care of by the retailer).

But given that ASUS offers a global warranty as far as I know, if sales to other continents are possible, why not benefit from globalisation .

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Could you please mention where the "1884 plus shipping" price is from?